This culinary history unwraps the extensive culture surrounding the tamale, bringing together writers, artists, journalists, and Texas? regional leaders to honor this traditional Latin American dish. It is filled with family stories, recipes, and artwork, and also celebrates tamaladasthe large family gatherings where women prepare the tamales for... more...

The growing number of bilingual students in public schools coupled with a critical shortage of teachers specially prepared to serve this population calls for a critical examination of policies and practices in bilingual and ESL teacher preparation. This volume focuses on understanding the structural, substantive, and contextual elements of preparation... more...

This book presents theoretical, research based, and classroom practices that explore the use of multicultural children?s literature to support the linguistic, academic, and psychological development of Latino children in the process of becoming bilingual and acquiring English. The contributions cover a broad spectrum of issues related to the effective... more...

Generating Transworld Pedagogy: Reimagining La Clase Mágica forges multiple lines of theory and practice to address one of the greatest challenges in the 21 st century: meeting the educational needs of an increasingly diverse classroom and society. It situates teacher preparation and a new pedagogy as the focal points of a comprehensive approach... more...